style inspirationz.

[pipcleo]

first pic looks real easy wear.
Comme homme plus did some similar skirts mid nineties.
Very durable fabrics and so nice to wear.
Nothing like the feeling of no fabric between the legs.
Dries also did his take on sarong/pleated kilt ..... not quite as long but wearable over shorts also.
Shame more men dont do without a zipper

[Servo2000]

While I'm not sure I could ever do it in real life, I agree that Hedi's version of male skirts is probably the most convincing one I've seen. I think the thickness of the material makes it come of as masculine and natural, not at all like a guy in a dress.

I think that's basically the key for the ones from Tokyo Homme is that I'm fairly certain they actually are just men's kimono "skirts" - from more research it seems that it might definitely be a hakama. I originally thought that they were more like very wide-legged pleated trousers but apparently some have an "undivided" leg and are essentially large skirts. The trick will be to find a pair in such a luxurious looking fabric / hopefully more than the usual 7 pleats.

Someone help me find one of the black dior homme skirts and we can just call it a day.

[Magician]

This needed to be quoted again.

If you described this look to me in words (deep v, tattoos, ostentatious jewelry) I would think "what a douchebag" but then you see the picture and Bam! 100% badass.The piercing blue eyes don't hurt either....

...and I'm (ostensibly) straight.

[Jon]

LIGHT IS CALLING, (bill morrison),
by zohilof

pretty cool. followed this all the way back to here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016640/

..thanks for the post.

[Jon]

chilling...

[christoffer]

my style inspirations are:

Rei kawakubo


CATS!

yes i love rei. rei and yoji are probably my biggest influences on my style

[KM80]

not sure if this thread is appropriate, but i'm willing to err on this one.
got to see this some years back at a film fest of some sort, stayed with me since.

That is really cool, and it just reminded me that I've been meaning to rent decasia since I saw it playing in a video store so long ago, but I keep forgetting. Tomorrow it's on!

[philip nod]

plot of that film is quite prophetic, considering it was from 1926

the mesmerist at the county fair calls out john barrymore's character on having killed the polish jew and burned his body in the furnace.

glad you brought up decasia merz, saw this in a huge church in LES (the area, not the elusive man) after spending many nights stoned watching a bootleg copy. one of the highlights of my short existence.
live orchestra.
that and seeing dreyers jean of arc in germany w live orchestra ten years ago

[philip nod]

seeing the projections in the round!!! around the walls of the church did it for me. i didn't notice any weird instrumentation although the audience was in the pit and the musicians on the 2nd or 3rd floor.
god, i wish i could remember what the church was called.
oh, here. http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/...02/index1.html

[Raw Edge]

Mayakovsky

[Faust]

a few mentions of him by now. seems he had a lot of influence upon many.

as long as that influence stops at the sartorial level...

[Raw Edge]

I had to read him in translation unfortunately, so I'm no expert to say the least, but I do like a lot of his poems.
His politics or personal life, on the other hand...

[Faust]

I had to read him in translation unfortunately, so I'm no expert to say the least, but I do like a lot of his poems.
His politics or personal life, on the other hand...

yes, that's what I was alluding to

[Heirloom]

Hiroshi Sugimoto
his minimalism is unexpected and profound.

[Faust]

there are pretty decent translations made of russian literature, but i'd have to say that v.m.'s work kind of requires being read in original format. a lot of its punch has to do with phonetic/word-play aspect that doesn't hold up to translation too well. and i should know because i've tackled translating some of his work in the past.

agreed